Murchison, TX 75778 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Murchison, TX, ZIP 75778
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 03/18, roughly 202 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 11/12, about 242 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Murchison in Zone 8b (15 to 20°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 8b around Murchison has about 11 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
How much risk comes with planting early here
03/18 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 02/27 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 04/06 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Murchison compares
About 242 days separate Murchison's last and first frost, putting it 8,396 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within TX, it ranks 1,884 of 2,558.
Learn more
zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 8b and Murchison's frost date answer different questions, and the frost range explains how to read the range around Murchison's dates instead of trusting one.